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Dec. 20th, 2021 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyofleithianTitle: Halloween Treat
Summary: In which Ben and Poe watch Terrifying Tales together.
Prompt: Crackfic
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to oldestcharm, because our Discord movie nights are brilliant.
Ben had to admit that his Discord movie nights with Poe were one of many things getting him through (if he was to be perfectly truthful) a horrible pandemic. It really was bad enough that Ben’s attempt to live on campus at the ripe old age of twenty-seven had been horribly disrupted by the humiliating tests that Ben preferred not to really think about right now. It had gotten to the point he’d decided to live off-campus and move his things out.
He still had to admit that he felt like a failure, even though Poe reassured him he was far from one. Add that 2021 had been rough as is, and Ben was at least glad that Terrifying Tales was out in order to lift both his and Poe’s spirits. At least they had new Galaxy Wars content.
Right now, Ben could at least listen to Poe’s voice over the Discord voice chat even as he tried to set up the video. “Goddamn motherfucking technology fuck,” Poe muttered, and Ben had to chuckle a little bit.
“The English language," Ben said, badly quoting a line from The Rise of Starkiller that he’d actually liked, “Deserves more respect.”
“Hey, you’re not the one setting it up, Solo. Just saying. Ah, got it.” Poe sighed. “Didn’t think I’d be able to link Lucas Plus to Discord, but…thank God your cousin’s lessons came in handy.”
“Rey’s good that way.” Though Ben had to admit he was horribly jealous of his ten-years-younger cousin; she definitely seemed to have her life more together than he did.
“You okay?” Maybe there was something in Ben’s voice that tipped off Poe that things weren’t all right, but here Ben was.
“Yeah. Let’s say Halloween doesn’t go well with a mental breakdown.”
“Well, don’t worry, Ben. You’ve got me. You dressed up as anything?”
Ben nodded. "My Kylo costume. You know, if you were dressed up in your John costume, I’d say that the Supreme Leader and the Resistance pilot were just watching a movie together.”
“Please, Ben. The correct word is ‘holo’.”
“Yes, Wookieepedia,” Ben said lightly.
He already loved the sound of Poe’s laugh. It was light, it was happy laughter, and it never failed to make Ben smile. Maybe that was one reason that Ben liked John so much; he reminded Ben of Poe.
Now that Ben thought about it, he did have a bit of a John crush. As well as being madly in love with Poe. Yeah, this was getting way, way too cerebral for what was supposed to be a mental-breakdown-free night with his best friend.
***
Ben was already familiar with the Castle Vader thing. He’d even tried to write a crackfic with Kylo (who lived, thank you very much, and did not have Kira kiss him, and Kira did not have some lame death because of the writers randomly deciding that the Force worked like magic in the Inheritance Cycle — which was ironic given the crap about the Inheritance Cycle being a rip off of Sky Wars with dragons. Somewhere, even Alanis Morrisette would say this was getting too cerebral for a movie night), but mental health issues Ruined Everything, naturally. He was still surprised John was as chill with it as he was, really — after all, you’d think that he would have said something about it being in terrible taste.
They made up for it by the next scene. Ben hadn’t expected there’d be even a reference to John/Kylo (or Johnlo) since The Last Bendu, but there was. Not so much as a crumb as much as a whole protein bar — or something.
“I knew it!” Ben exclaimed. Poe had to stop the video just from laughing so hard at Ben’s exclamation. “I knew that John and Kylo had some sort of history; why else would John want to hear more about Kylo’s origins?” Or maybe not, but it did have some potential for shippy material. After all, if John didn’t want anything to do with Kylo (not unreasonably) then he wouldn’t have wanted to know his origins, right?
“Yeah,” Poe said. “About damn time. I mean, you’d think that TROS would have at least followed up on the whole thing, but…”
“Yeah, that was pretty massive.” Then, “Want to keep going?”
***
The segments themselves were cute too. As much as Ben didn’t like Jacen (Kylo’s pre-fall self) being portrayed as a little brat, he still got some lines that left Ben chuckling a little bit.
“He’s kind of funny, but we’ve kind of got a bratty teenager on our hands,” Ben joked.
“Must get it from his grandfather.” Poe said, and Ben laughed again. It felt good to talk to Poe. As good as it was when he was in his own thoughts, creating, only he wasn’t alone.
The other segments were cool too. Maul vs. Grievous, as well as Kane Starkiller, hero of the Original Trilogy, turning evil thanks to a Wookiee’s paw…they were spooky, but not scary, and that was what Ben needed. Even the scene where the castle caretaker turned out to want ultimate power — well, he got defeated in the end with minimal mental trauma on Ben and Poe’s parts, so definitely a win.
***
It was when the credits rolled that Ben yawned. “That was a good watch,” he said. “I needed that.” Then, “You think we could Wookiee’s Paw Kylo back to life?”
Poe snorted. “Ben, you’re sleep-deprived; go to bed.” Then, “It’s worth a co-write, at least.”
Ben chuckled. “Love you, Poe.”
A brief pause. Ben almost wondered if he'd…but then Poe said, “I love you too, you dork. Now get to bed; we can talk more tomorrow.”
Ben smiled even as he logged off the video-sharing chat and got dressed for bed.
Summary: In which Ben and Poe watch Terrifying Tales together.
Prompt: Crackfic
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to oldestcharm, because our Discord movie nights are brilliant.
Ben had to admit that his Discord movie nights with Poe were one of many things getting him through (if he was to be perfectly truthful) a horrible pandemic. It really was bad enough that Ben’s attempt to live on campus at the ripe old age of twenty-seven had been horribly disrupted by the humiliating tests that Ben preferred not to really think about right now. It had gotten to the point he’d decided to live off-campus and move his things out.
He still had to admit that he felt like a failure, even though Poe reassured him he was far from one. Add that 2021 had been rough as is, and Ben was at least glad that Terrifying Tales was out in order to lift both his and Poe’s spirits. At least they had new Galaxy Wars content.
Right now, Ben could at least listen to Poe’s voice over the Discord voice chat even as he tried to set up the video. “Goddamn motherfucking technology fuck,” Poe muttered, and Ben had to chuckle a little bit.
“The English language," Ben said, badly quoting a line from The Rise of Starkiller that he’d actually liked, “Deserves more respect.”
“Hey, you’re not the one setting it up, Solo. Just saying. Ah, got it.” Poe sighed. “Didn’t think I’d be able to link Lucas Plus to Discord, but…thank God your cousin’s lessons came in handy.”
“Rey’s good that way.” Though Ben had to admit he was horribly jealous of his ten-years-younger cousin; she definitely seemed to have her life more together than he did.
“You okay?” Maybe there was something in Ben’s voice that tipped off Poe that things weren’t all right, but here Ben was.
“Yeah. Let’s say Halloween doesn’t go well with a mental breakdown.”
“Well, don’t worry, Ben. You’ve got me. You dressed up as anything?”
Ben nodded. "My Kylo costume. You know, if you were dressed up in your John costume, I’d say that the Supreme Leader and the Resistance pilot were just watching a movie together.”
“Please, Ben. The correct word is ‘holo’.”
“Yes, Wookieepedia,” Ben said lightly.
He already loved the sound of Poe’s laugh. It was light, it was happy laughter, and it never failed to make Ben smile. Maybe that was one reason that Ben liked John so much; he reminded Ben of Poe.
Now that Ben thought about it, he did have a bit of a John crush. As well as being madly in love with Poe. Yeah, this was getting way, way too cerebral for what was supposed to be a mental-breakdown-free night with his best friend.
***
Ben was already familiar with the Castle Vader thing. He’d even tried to write a crackfic with Kylo (who lived, thank you very much, and did not have Kira kiss him, and Kira did not have some lame death because of the writers randomly deciding that the Force worked like magic in the Inheritance Cycle — which was ironic given the crap about the Inheritance Cycle being a rip off of Sky Wars with dragons. Somewhere, even Alanis Morrisette would say this was getting too cerebral for a movie night), but mental health issues Ruined Everything, naturally. He was still surprised John was as chill with it as he was, really — after all, you’d think that he would have said something about it being in terrible taste.
They made up for it by the next scene. Ben hadn’t expected there’d be even a reference to John/Kylo (or Johnlo) since The Last Bendu, but there was. Not so much as a crumb as much as a whole protein bar — or something.
“I knew it!” Ben exclaimed. Poe had to stop the video just from laughing so hard at Ben’s exclamation. “I knew that John and Kylo had some sort of history; why else would John want to hear more about Kylo’s origins?” Or maybe not, but it did have some potential for shippy material. After all, if John didn’t want anything to do with Kylo (not unreasonably) then he wouldn’t have wanted to know his origins, right?
“Yeah,” Poe said. “About damn time. I mean, you’d think that TROS would have at least followed up on the whole thing, but…”
“Yeah, that was pretty massive.” Then, “Want to keep going?”
***
The segments themselves were cute too. As much as Ben didn’t like Jacen (Kylo’s pre-fall self) being portrayed as a little brat, he still got some lines that left Ben chuckling a little bit.
“He’s kind of funny, but we’ve kind of got a bratty teenager on our hands,” Ben joked.
“Must get it from his grandfather.” Poe said, and Ben laughed again. It felt good to talk to Poe. As good as it was when he was in his own thoughts, creating, only he wasn’t alone.
The other segments were cool too. Maul vs. Grievous, as well as Kane Starkiller, hero of the Original Trilogy, turning evil thanks to a Wookiee’s paw…they were spooky, but not scary, and that was what Ben needed. Even the scene where the castle caretaker turned out to want ultimate power — well, he got defeated in the end with minimal mental trauma on Ben and Poe’s parts, so definitely a win.
***
It was when the credits rolled that Ben yawned. “That was a good watch,” he said. “I needed that.” Then, “You think we could Wookiee’s Paw Kylo back to life?”
Poe snorted. “Ben, you’re sleep-deprived; go to bed.” Then, “It’s worth a co-write, at least.”
Ben chuckled. “Love you, Poe.”
A brief pause. Ben almost wondered if he'd…but then Poe said, “I love you too, you dork. Now get to bed; we can talk more tomorrow.”
Ben smiled even as he logged off the video-sharing chat and got dressed for bed.
